Ireland is getting a windfall of back taxes from Apple. Why isn’t it happy about it?

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Apple has lost a long-running court battle with the European Union and now must pay the Irish government 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back taxes. It’s part of a larger EU effort to crack down on tax incentives it deems as so-called “sweetheart deals.” But Ireland isn’t pleased with the court ruling. The World’s Marco Werman finds out why in a conversation with Aidan Regan, a professor of political economy at the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin.

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